Definiteness of the Subject with al-: Reference, Essence and Exhaustive Inclusion

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• What determines the particular rhetorical value of al- on a subject?
• If al-rajul returns to a man previously introduced, which interpretation applies?
• What is essential to an established referent (maʿhūd)?
• Must the very same noun always be mentioned earlier for external reference?
• What does al- contribute to the second “student” in the given example?
• What matters particularly in the rhetorical interpretation of “wa-laysa al-dhakaru ka-l-unthā”?
• What is the principal focus of generic al- (lām al-ḥaqīqah)?
• What linguistic point is illustrated by “al-rajulu khayrun min al-marʾah”?
• What distinguishes generic essence from exhaustive inclusion?
• If no unique market is previously identified in “udkhul al-sūq”, which reading is plausible?
• Why can al-dhiʾb in the Qurʾanic expression be explained through mental reference?
• In what sense may mental-reference al- be described as “like an indefinite”?
• How should al-insān be read in “al-insānu ḥayawānun nāṭiq”?
• How far does a genuinely exhaustive expression extend?
• How does the exception following “inna al-insāna la-fī khusr” support generality?
• Is an explicit illā-exception necessary in every instance of exhaustive al-?
• Why does customary exhaustive reference not extend to everyone worldwide?
• What is a sound contextual interpretation of “jamaʿa al-amīru al-ṣāghah”?
• What is common to literal and customary exhaustive reference?
• What is correct about generality in “alladhīna yaʾtūnaka”?
• What does singularity mean in the case of an exhaustive singular?
• What can the singular form express in “lā rajula fī al-dār”?
• Which conclusion does not follow from general negation in “lā rajul”?
• Which two features are conflated in the objection to exhaustive singulars?
• Does reference to a generic essence automatically assert a rule of every member?
• What does the distinction between one human concept and many human individuals address?
• Which evidence is decisive when establishing the range of “all”?
• Which pair can show mental reference first and exhaustive inclusion second?
• A noun with mentally referential al- can remain grammatically definite although no unique external individual is identified.
• Customary exhaustive inclusion always covers every member in the world and can never be restricted by a local context.